Movement of Rural Entrepreneurial Women (MORE Women) has commissioned a solar-mechanized dry-season garden in Yipala, West Gonja Municipality, to empower rural women, strengthen climate resilience, and promote community peacebuilding.
MORE Women is a women-led grassroots organization dedicated to empowering rural women, youth, and vulnerable groups with skills, knowledge, and resources to thrive. The organization believes that when women prosper, entire communities prosper.
The project, funded by the governments of Denmark and Luxembourg in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), was unveiled after six months of implementation under the initiative “Boosting Women’s Economic Resilience and Inclusion in Decision-Making and Peacebuilding in Ghana.”
According to MORE Women’s Programs Manager, Sixtus A. Nsoh, the project is already transforming lives by providing 100 women farmers with access to fenced farmland, irrigation facilities, improved seeds, and farm inputs. Beneficiaries have also received training in financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and climate-smart agriculture.
Other key achievements include:
- The formation of two Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) with $1,000 seed capital.
- Access to credit through partnerships with Vision Fund Ghana and Kintampo Rural Bank.
- The establishment of a Women’s Peace Dialogue Platform, which successfully mediated the first structured talks between farmers and Fulani herders.
- The creation of a Community Implementation Committee to ensure local ownership and sustainability.
Mr. Nsoh noted that beyond boosting household incomes and food security, the project is strengthening women’s role in community dialogue and peacebuilding.
“This Solar-Mechanized Dry Season Garden symbolizes transformation: empowered women, stronger communities, and lasting peace,” he said.
MORE Women called on the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) and the Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) to provide continued technical support to make dry-season gardening a sustainable business model.
The NGO also appealed to community leaders to safeguard the solar facilities and urged the Regional Peace Council to integrate women’s peace dialogue platforms into its activities.
The organization further encouraged scaling up the Yipala model across the Savannah Region and incorporating it into Municipal Assembly development plans.
Source:kashafmonline.com
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